Social justice silos must yield to analysis of intertwining hierarchies’ shared logic.

Evidence

Making such important shifts in recognition and action means that we get outside the isolated “silo” mentality that often accompanies social justice or environmental work. Rather than see sexism, or heterosexism, or racism, or class-based inequalities, or able-ism as the most important points of focus, an EcoJustice approach to these problems asks that we begin to see how these hierarchized relationships intertwine to become mirrors of our violent relationships with the more-than-human world, and the very systems we depend upon for life. If the purpose of education is to prepare future citizens and workers for a better world, we must begin there, examining the historically embedded weave of destructive modernist ways of thinking. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 838

Categorization

• XREF: Explicitly names the intersected-analysis method — the cross-course thesis linking this textbook to the theoretical Bowers critique. — connects to: Sexism, racism, and anthropocentrism all share a value-hierarchized logic of domination — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 322; Feminism analyzes how women were inferiorized and connects sexism to other dominations — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 678; Uniting gender, race, class, and nature critiques could shake all oppression — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 32 (+5 more)
• DEFINE: Defines the EcoJustice approach by contrasting it with single-issue social justice work — a usable definition for curriculum planning.

Broader Connections

• Justice requires seeing how ideologies both create and hide hierarchies among people. #corroborates (0.85)
• Justice requires analyzing how social structures constitute and conceal our identities #corroborates (0.80) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 362
• Social power arises from hierarchies interacting with rhythms and composed wholes #corroborates (0.78) — Anna Kornbluh, Immediacy, or The Style of Too Late…, 368
• Racism uses value hierarchies framed as natural to control and exploit #exemplifies (0.72) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 1100
• Racism operates through routine practices that reproduce hierarchical structures #exemplifies (0.72)